DAILY G.A UPDATE : 19-09-2016
1. Indian-origin South African is head of global blood service
An Indian-origin South African has become the first person from the African continent to head a global organisation of medicine professionals working for the safety of blood transfusion worldwide.
Ravi Reddy, currently the Chief Operations Officer of the South African National Blood Service (SANBS), will head the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT), headquartered in Amsterdam.
2. 'A Billion Colour Story' selected for Busan, London film fest
Producer-director N Padmakumar's debut film "A Billion Colour Story" has been selected at the upcoming 60th edition of BFI London Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival.
The 115-minute film, a contemporary narrative of a father-son relationship, has been co-produced by veteran actor-director Satish Kaushik. It will make its premiere at the Busan.
Actors Gaurav Sharma, Vasuki Sunkavalli and Dhruva Padmakumar play the lead characters in the film, which is most shot in English and Hindi.
3. Actress Charmian Carr dies
Charmian Carr, who globally became popular for the 1965 film "The Sound of Music", died. She was 73.
4. 'People v OJ Simpson', 'Game of Thrones' rule Emmys 2016
"The People v OJ Simpson" triumphed at the 68th Primetime Emmys, winning five awards including best limited series, while fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" was honoured as the best drama for the second consecutive year.
"Veep" was named best comedy series and its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won a record-breaking fifth Emmy as best comedy actress.
"The People v OJ Simpson", which is the dramatic retelling of the infamous O J Simpson's murder trial, was honoured for its writing and captured several acting awards.
Courtney B Vance bagged best actor in limited series or movie, Sarah Paulson won best actress and the best supporting actor honour to Sterling K Brown.
"Obama out, Hillary in," Vance said as he wrapped his victory speech.
HBO series "Game of Thrones", the fantasy saga based on George RR Martin's novels, made Emmy history, pushing its lifetime total number of awards to 38 - one more than "Frasier", the previous all-time record holder.
Besides best drama, "GOT" won David Benioff and DB Weiss the best writing in a drama series honour and best directing in a drama series for Miguel Sapochnik.
The series already became the most-honoured drama series after picking up nine Emmys at the Creative Arts ceremony last weekend. Overall it won 12 Emmys this year, out of 23 total nominations.
This year, however, the series lost in the drama acting categories, which were far from predictable. Rami Malek of "Mr Robot" and "Orphan Black" actress Tatiana Maslany overcame heavyweight competition to be named best actor and best actress, respectively.
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